The site here I started to develop as part of a project to track down the maternal side of my fathers family out of Southampton, England. My great grandmother's maiden name was Tongs out of a family of Basket Makers in Orchard Lane, Southampton, England. Her ancestors, by the name of Tongs, I have been able to trace back to Dannioll Tongs, born in 1643 in Stockbridge in Hampshire in England. The family has its base origin, according to the information gathered so far, in Hampshire in places like Romsey, Stockbridge, Timsbury, Michelmersh and Southampton, but has spread out from there to places both near and far. Alone I was not able to take my ancestry further than Charles Tongs, born in 1867 in Romsey, but with the help of Graham Tongs, a branch of the family living in Australia, I was able to connect my branch of the family to the larger network of Tongs relatives. Other important sources of information has been supplied to me by Bob Tongs and Colin Tongs, both still living in the Hampshire area in southern England.
On my mothers side it has been an easier task for me. Facius was my grandmother's maiden name. The information gathered here are from the Facius Family website, developed by a distant relative of mine. The site offers a more extensive insight into the Facius family than pursued on my own website.
As part of my geneaology research I have also studied the origins of some of the names that appear in my family. So far I have focused on Long and Tongs. Some of the sites that have been especially helpfull in this pursuit has been the UK Census online helpdesk and The Commonwealth War Graves Commission. These two sites are especially helpful when looking for British ancestry.

The origin of Long
The surname of Long is an old Northern English and Scottish name and very common throughout the English speaking world of today. Known name relations are Lang, Lange and Lung according to Reaney & Wiloson's A Dictionary of English Surnames. In the dictionary it is stated that "The surnames of 50 members of the Guild of Ayr (c1431) have all the appearances of modern surnames: 16 patronymics (Neil Neilsoun, Patrik McMartyn, Patrik Ahar, Patoun Dugal); 6 local; 12 occupational (Listar, Walkar) and 5 nicknames (Petit, Cambell, Broun and Lang)" (Reaney & Wiloson 1997: 1iii).
In 1296 King Edward I recorded the deeds of homage made to him by the nobility, barons, landowners, burgesses and the clergy of Scotland in what is known as Ragman Rolls. One of those who signed Raman Rolls was William Lang (del counte de Berewyk). One of the oldest known holders of the name Lang(a) was Ętheric des Langa recorded 972 AD (Old English Byname) in Northamptonshire, England.
The name of Lang or Long are referred to as nicknames and thus may have occurred independently of eachother in various locations.

The mystery of my English Grandad
Well why now is this such a mystery. Well, first of all grandmother Hilda May Long never wanted to tell my father who his father was, or his fathers name for that matter. Recently, however, my grandmother's sister Doris Williams told my dad the name of his father, or rather two names (one more likely than the other). The one most likely to be my grandfather is named Arthur Musson and the one less likely was named William Cowley. They were both serving in the armed forces during WWII. Rumor has it that he got killed during WWII, but this could not be confirmed by Aunt Doris. Using The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website I have been able to come up with two likely candidates:

Arthur Musson
William Cowley